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Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 44-year-old woman presents with palpitations and lightheadedness. She says that symptoms onset 3 days ago and have not improved. She denies any similar episodes in this past. Her blood pressure is 140/90 mm Hg, heart rate is 150/min, respiratory rate is 16/min, and temperature is 36.6℃ (97.9℉). An ECG i... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Two days after undergoing left hemicolectomy for a colonic mass, a 62-year-old man develops shortness of breath. His temperature is 38.1°C (100.6°F), pulse is 80/min, respirations are 22/min, and blood pressure is 120/78 mm Hg. Pulse oximetry on room air shows an oxygen saturation of 88%. Cardiopulmonary ... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 45-year-old man is brought to the emergency department because of severe abdominal pain for the past 2 hours. He has a 2-year history of burning epigastric pain that gets worse with meals. His pulse is 120/min, respirations are 22/min, and blood pressure is 60/40 mm Hg. Despite appropriate lifesaving me... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A primigravida, 29-year-old woman presents in her 28th week of pregnancy for evaluation of 3 hours of vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain. She denies any trauma and states that this is the first time she has had such symptoms. Her prenatal care has been optimal and all of her antenatal screenings have bee... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 36-year-old man presents to his primary care physician because of shortness of breath. He is an office worker who has a mostly sedentary lifestyle; however, he has noticed that recently he feels tired and short of breath when going on long walks with his wife. He also has had a hacking cough that seems ... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 42-year-old man with a history of gout and hypertension presents to his family physician with a complaint of increased left knee pain over the past 2 days. He also reports swelling and redness of the left knee and is unable to bear weight on that side. He denies any prior surgery or inciting trauma to t... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 72-year-old male presents to a cardiac surgeon for evaluation of severe aortic stenosis. He has experienced worsening dyspnea with exertion over the past year. The patient also has a history of poorly controlled hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia. An echocardiogram revealed a thickened ... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 26-year-old woman presents to the medicine clinic with swelling around the right side of her chin and neck (Image A). She reports pain when moving her jaw and chewing. Her symptoms developed two days after receiving an uncomplicated tonsillectomy. She has been followed by a general medical physician sin... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 72-year-old man is brought to the emergency department from hospice. The patient has been complaining of worsening pain over the past few days and states that it is no longer bearable. The patient has a past medical history of pancreatic cancer which is being managed in hospice. The patient desires no "... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 58-year-old woman comes to the physician for evaluation of vaginal dryness and pain during sexual intercourse with her husband. Four months ago, she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. She has smoked one pack of cigarettes daily for 15 years but quit whe... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An investigator is studying physiologic renal responses to common medical conditions. She measures urine osmolalities in different parts of the nephron of a human subject in the emergency department. The following values are obtained: Portion of nephron Osmolality (mOsmol/kg) Proximal convoluted tubule 30... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 76-year-old woman presents to the primary care physician for a regular check-up. History reveals that she has had episodes of mild urinary incontinence over the past 2 years precipitated by sneezing or laughing. However, over the past week, her urinary incontinence has occurred during regular activities... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 76-year-old man is admitted to the hospital for evaluation of sudden-onset chest pain. Three days after admission, he develops severe shortness of breath. Despite appropriate care, the patient dies. The heart at autopsy is shown. Which of the following most likely contributed to this patient's cause of ... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 42-year-old woman comes to the physician with a rash on the dorsal surfaces of her hands and feet for the past month. The rash began as blisters that developed a few days after she had been sunbathing on the beach. Photographs of the rash are shown. She has no history of similar symptoms, takes no medic... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 31-year old man presents to the emergency department for blood in his stool. The patient states that he saw a small amount of bright red blood on his stool and on the toilet paper this morning, which prompted his presentation to the emergency department. The patient denies any changes in his bowel habit... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 40-year-old woman comes to the physician with a 5-day history of mild shortness of breath with exertion. She has also had a cough for 5 days that became productive of whitish non-bloody sputum 3 days ago. Initially, she had a runny nose, mild headaches, and diffuse muscle aches. She has not had fevers o... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 42-year-old woman comes to the physician because of episodic abdominal pain and fullness for 1 month. She works as an assistant at an animal shelter and helps to feed and bathe the animals. Physical examination shows hepatomegaly. Abdominal ultrasound shows a 4-cm calcified cyst with several daughter cy... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> One day after giving birth to a 4050-g (8-lb 15-oz) male newborn, a 22-year-old woman experiences involuntary loss of urine. The urine loss occurs intermittently in the absence of an urge to urinate. It is not exacerbated by sneezing or coughing. Pregnancy was uncomplicated except for two urinary tract in... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 62-year-old man comes to the physician because of easy bruising and recurrent nosebleeds over the past 4 months. During the same time period, the patient has felt weak and has had a 10-kg (22-lb) weight loss. Physical examination shows mucosal pallor and bruising on the upper and lower extremities in va... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A new mother brings in her 2-week-old son because of a painful itchy rash on his trunk. Vital signs are within normal limits. A basic chemistry panel reveal sodium 135 mmol/L, potassium 4.1 mmol/L, chloride 107 mmol/L, carbon dioxide 22, blood urea nitrogen 30 mg/dL, creatinine 1.1 mg/dL, and glucose 108 ... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Three days after being admitted to the hospital for an appendectomy, a 69-year-old woman develops cough and dyspnea. The cough is productive of small amounts of green sputum. Her temperature is 39.0°C (102.2°F), pulse is 107/min, respirations are 31/min, and blood pressure is 89/68 mm Hg. Pulse oximetry o... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 55-year-old woman seeks evaluation of difficult and incomplete voiding and spontaneous urine leakage that occurs continuously during the day and night. The symptoms are not associated with physical exertion. She denies any urethral or vaginal discharge. She is menopausal and does not take hormone replac... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 3200-g (7.1-lb) female newborn is delivered at 38 weeks' gestation to a 24-year-old woman. The mother had regular prenatal visits throughout the pregnancy. The newborn's blood pressure is 53/35 mm Hg. Examination in the delivery room shows clitoromegaly and posterior labial fusion. One day later, serum ... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 62-year-old man seeks evaluation at a local walk-in clinic for mid-low back pain of several weeks. He has tried different rehabilitation therapies and medications with no improvement. He was prescribed some pain medications and sent home last week, but the patient presents today with difficulty walking ... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 27-year-old G1P0 at 12 weeks gestation presents to her obstetrician for her first prenatal visit. She and her husband both have achondroplasia, and she is curious what are the chances that they will have a child of average height. What percent of pregnancies between two individuals with achondroplasia t... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 21-year-old woman has frequent sexual fantasies about female coworkers. When she is with her friends in public, she never misses an opportunity to make derogatory comments about same-sex couples she sees. Which of the following psychological defense mechanisms is she demonstrating? ---- <<Choices:>> A) ... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 35-year-old woman presents to the emergency department for evaluation of severe central chest pain of 2 hours. She says the pain is heavy in nature and radiates to her jaw. She has no relevant past medical history. The vital signs and physical examination are non-contributory. Echocardiography is perfor... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 32-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 1-week history of fever, weakness, diffuse abdominal pain, and multiple lumps on his body. He has recently returned to the USA from a 3-month agricultural internship in South America. Physical examination shows enlarged superficial cervical and inguina... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 40-year-old Caucasian male presents to the emergency room after being shot in the arm in a hunting accident. His shirt is soaked through with blood. He has a blood pressure of 65/40, a heart rate of 122, and his skin is pale, cool to the touch, and moist. This patient is most likely experiencing all of ... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 22-year-old woman presents to her physician with an increased vaginal discharge. She has no other complaints. She has recently changed her sexual partner, who claims to have no genitourinary symptoms. They do not use condoms. Her vital signs are as follows: blood pressure, 110/80 mm Hg; heart rate, 65/m... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 50-year-old man comes to the physician for the evaluation of recurrent episodes of chest pain, difficulty breathing, and rapid heart beating over the past two months. During this period, he has had a 4-kg (8.8-lb) weight loss, malaise, pain in both knees, and diffuse muscle pain. Five years ago, he was ... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 42-year-old man who is employed as a construction worker presents to his primary care physician with complaints of moderate headaches and profuse sweating. He reports the need to carry up to 3 additional shirt changes to work because they drench quickly even with tasks of low physical exertion. His cowo... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 37-year-old man with a history of IV drug use presents to the ED with complaints of fevers, chills, and malaise for one week. He admits to recently using IV and intramuscular heroin. Vital signs are as follows: T 40.0 C, HR 120 bpm, BP 110/68 mmHg, RR 14, O2Sat 98%. Examination reveals a new systolic mu... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An ECG from an 8-year-old male with neurosensory deafness and a family history of sudden cardiac arrest demonstrates QT-interval prolongation. Which of the following is this patient most at risk of developing? ---- <<Choices:>> A) Essential hypertension B) Cardiac tamponade C) Torsades de pointes D) First... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 50-year-old man presents to his primary care physician for management of a lung nodule. The nodule was discovered incidentally when a chest radiograph was performed to rule out pneumonia. The nodule is 8.5 mm in size and was confirmed by CT. The patient is otherwise healthy, has never smoked, and exerci... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 32-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after a car accident; he was extricated after 4 hours. He did not lose consciousness and does not have headache or nausea. He is in severe pain. He sustained severe injuries to both arms and the trauma team determines that surgical intervention is n... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 42-year-old man is brought to the emergency room because of confusion. His wife says he has been urinating more frequently than usual for the past 3 days. He has not had fever or dysuria. He has bipolar disorder, for which he takes lithium. His pulse is 105/min, and respirations are 14/min. He is lethar... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Two studies are reviewed for submission to an oncology journal. In Sudy A, a novel MRI technology is evaluated as a screening tool for ovarian cancer. The authors find that the mean survival time is 4 years in the control group and 10 years in the MRI-screened group. In Study B, cognitive behavioral thera... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An epidemiologist is interested in studying the clinical utility of a free computerized social skills training program for children with autism. A total of 125 participants with autism (mean age: 12 years) were recruited for the study and took part in weekly social skills training sessions for 3 months. P... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 52-year-old man presents to the office for a diabetes follow-up visit. He currently controls his diabetes through lifestyle modification only. He monitors his blood glucose at home with a glucometer every day. He gives the doctor a list of his most recent early morning fasting glucose readings from the ... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 67-year-old man presents to his primary care physician because of weak urine stream, and increasing difficulty in initiating and stopping urination. He also reports of mild generalized body aches and weakness during the day. The past medical history includes diabetes mellitus type 2 for 35 years and ess... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 55-year-old man presents to the family medicine clinic after noticing a gradually enlarging smooth and symmetrical bump on his left forearm at the site of his PPD placement 2 days ago. The patient takes lisinopril for hypertension and metformin for diabetes mellitus type 2. He was screened for tuberculo... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 20-year-old male is involuntarily admitted to the county psychiatric unit for psychotic behavior over the past three months. The patient's mother explained to the psychiatrist that her son had withdrawn from family and friends, appeared to have no emotions, and had delusions that he was working for the ... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 21-year-old female is brought by her brother to the emergency department after having a generalized tonic-clonic seizure one hour ago. She is slightly confused and has no recollection of her seizure. Her brother relayed that the patient has a history of severe anxiety for which she takes medication. For... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 2-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department by her mother after an episode of turning blue on the playground. The mother states that the girl starting crying, and her fingers and hands turned blue. On examination, the patient is playful and in no apparent distress. She is afebrile and the vit... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 12-year-old girl is brought to the physician by her mother because she has been waking up multiple times at night to go to the bathroom even though she avoids drinking large amounts of water close to bedtime. She has no significant medical history apart from 3 episodes of lower urinary tract infections ... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 17-year-old girl comes to the urgent care center after testing negative for HIV. She recently had sexual intercourse for the first time and had used a condom with her long-term boyfriend. She has no personal history of serious illness and no history of sexually transmitted infections. However, the patie... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 42-year-old man presents to a free dermatology clinic, complaining of itchy skin over the past several days. He has no insurance and lives in a homeless shelter. The patient has no significant medical history. Physical evaluation reveals 2 mm erythematous papules and vesicles on his back and groin, with... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 60-year-old man comes to the physician because of a 1-week history of lower back pain. He has had several episodes of painless hematuria over the past 2 months. Physical examination shows localized tenderness over the lumbar spine. A CT scan shows multiple osteolytic lesions in the body of the lumbar ve... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Eight hours after undergoing an open right hemicolectomy and a colostomy for colon cancer, a 52-year-old man has wet and bloody surgical dressings. He has had episodes of blood in his stools during the past 6 months, which led to the detection of colon cancer. He has hypertension and ischemic heart diseas... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 12-year-old boy follows up with his primary care physician for ongoing management of a urinary tract infection. He recently started middle school and has been having a difficult time navigating the school since he ambulates with leg braces and crutches. Consequently, he has not had sufficient time to us... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 62-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after his wife found him unresponsive 1 hour ago. He had fallen from a flight of stairs the previous evening. Four years ago, he underwent a mitral valve replacement. He has hypertension and coronary artery disease. Current medications include aspir... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 51-year-old man presents to his physician with increased thirst, frequent urination, and fatigue. These symptoms have increased gradually over the past 3 years. He has no past medical history or current medications. Also, he has no family history of endocrinological or cardiovascular diseases. The blood... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 35-year-old man presents to his primary care physician for a routine visit. He is in good health but has a 15 pack-year smoking history. He has tried to quit multiple times and expresses frustration in his inability to do so. He states that he has a 6-year-old son that was recently diagnosed with asthma... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A pathologist receives a patient sample for analysis. Cells in the sample are first labeled with fluorescent antibodies and then passed across a laser beam in a single file of particles. The light scatter and fluorescent intensity of the particles are plotted on a graph; this information is used to charac... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A previously healthy 20-year-old man is brought to the emergency department 15 minutes after collapsing while playing basketball. He has no history of serious illness. On arrival, there is no palpable pulse or respiratory effort observed. He is declared dead. The family agrees to an autopsy. Cardiac worku... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 19-year-old nulligravid woman comes to the physician because of irregular heavy menstrual bleeding since menarche at age 16 years. Menses occur at irregular 15- to 45-day intervals and last 7 to 10 days. She has also noted increased hair growth on her face. She has not been sexually active since she sta... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 61-year-old man presents to the emergency department with new-onset dizziness. He reports associated symptoms of confusion, headaches, and loss of coordination. The patient’s wife also mentions he has had recent frequent nosebleeds. Physical examination demonstrates a double vision. Routine blood work i... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 62-year-old man presents to his geriatrician due to waking several times during the night and also rising too early in the morning. He says this has worsened over the past 7 months. In the morning, he feels unrefreshed and tired. His medical history is positive for hypertension and benign prostatic hype... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An obese 34-year-old primigravid woman at 20 weeks' gestation comes to the physician for a follow-up examination for a mass she found in her left breast 2 weeks ago. Until pregnancy, menses had occurred at 30- to 40-day intervals since the age of 11 years. Vital signs are within normal limits. Examination... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 57-year-old patient comes to the physician for a 2-month history of progressive dyspnea and cough productive of large amounts of yellow, blood-tinged sputum. He has a history of COPD and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. Examination of the lung shows bilateral crackles and end-expiratory whe... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A section from the thymus of a patient with myasthenia gravis is examined (see image). The function of the portion of the thymus designated by the arrow plays what role in the pathophysiology of this disease? ---- <<Choices:>> A) Failure to bind MHC class II molecules B) Premature involution of the thymus... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An investigator is studying patients with acute decompensated congestive heart failure. He takes measurements of a hormone released from atrial myocytes, as well as serial measurements of left atrial and left ventricular pressures. The investigator observes a positive correlation between left atrial press... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 65-year-old woman is transferred to the intensive care unit after she underwent coronary stenting for a posterior-inferior STEMI. She is known to have allergies to amiodarone and captopril. A few hours after the transfer, she suddenly loses consciousness. The monitor shows ventricular fibrillation. CPR ... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 20-year-old female presents to student health at her university for excessive daytime sleepiness. She states that her sleepiness has caused her to fall asleep in all of her classes for the last semester, and that her grades are suffering as a result. She states that she normally gets 7 hours of sleep pe... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 45-year-old woman comes to the emergency department because of right upper abdominal pain and nausea that have become progressively worse since eating a large meal 8 hours ago. She has had intermittent pain similar to this before, but it has never lasted this long. She has a history of hypertension and ... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 35-year-old woman is admitted to the medical unit for worsening renal failure. Prior to admission, she was seen by her rheumatologist for a follow-up visit and was found to have significant proteinuria and hematuria on urinalysis and an elevated serum creatinine. She reports feeling ill and has noticed ... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 36-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by his neighbor because of altered mental status. He was found 6 hours ago stumbling through his neighbor's bushes and yelling obscenities. The neighbor helped him home but found him again 1 hour ago slumped over on his driveway in a puddle of vomit... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> During a psychotherapy session, a psychiatrist notes transference. Which of the following is an example of this phenomenon? ---- <<Choices:>> A) The patient feels powerless to change and blames his problems on the situation into which he was born B) The patient feels that her father is too controling and ... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 55-year-old woman complains of daytime somnolence. Her BMI is 32 kg/m3 and her husband says she snores frequently during the night. Polysomnography test reveals the patient experiences more than 5 obstructive events an hour. The patient is at increased risk of developing which of the following? ---- <<C... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 74-year-old man comes to the physician for a 6-month history of progressively worsening fatigue and shortness of breath on exertion. He immigrated to the United States 35 years ago from India. His pulse is 89/min and blood pressure is 145/60 mm Hg. Crackles are heard at the lung bases. Cardiac examinati... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An 11-year-old boy is brought to the physician by his mother because of a pruritic generalized rash for 2 days. He returned from a 3-day outdoor summer camp 1 week ago. During his time there, one child was sent home after being diagnosed with measles. The patient was diagnosed with a seizure disorder 6 we... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 68-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus comes to the physician because of a 5-month history of episodic palpitations, dizziness, and fatigue. His pulse is 134/min and irregularly irregular, and his blood pressure is 165/92 mm Hg. An ECG shows a narrow complex tachycardia with absent P waves. He is... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A previously healthy 26-year-old man is brought to the emergency department 30 minutes after collapsing during soccer practice. The patient appears well. His pulse is 73/min and blood pressure is 125/78 mm Hg. Cardiac examination is shown. Rapid squatting decreases the intensity of the patient's auscultat... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 43-year-old man comes to the physician because of anxiety, difficulty focusing on tasks, and a 4.6-kg (10-lb) weight loss over the past 4 weeks. He is diaphoretic. His pulse is 100/min, respirations are 18/min, and blood pressure is 150/78 mm Hg. Physical examination shows warm, moist skin, goiter, and ... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 45-year-old man comes to the emergency department with fever, nonproductive cough, and difficulty breathing. Three years ago, he underwent lung transplantation. A CT scan of the chest shows diffuse bilateral ground-glass opacities. Pathologic examination of a transbronchial lung biopsy specimen shows se... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 42-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 2-week history of joint pain and fatigue. She has a history of multiple unprovoked deep vein thromboses. Physical examination shows small bilateral knee effusions and erythematous raised patches with scaling and follicular plugging over the ears and ... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 53-year-old woman comes to the physician because of increasing shortness of breath on exertion for 5 months. She reports that she can not climb more than 2 flights of stairs and she is no longer able to run her errands as usual. One year ago, she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. She und... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 79-year-old male presents to your office for his annual flu shot. On physical exam you note several linear bruises on his back. Upon further questioning he denies abuse from his daughter and son-in-law, who live in the same house. The patient states he does not want this information shared with anyone. ... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 57-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 3-month history of easy fatigability and dyspnea on exertion. Menopause occurred 5 years ago. Her pulse is 105/min and blood pressure is 100/70 mm Hg. Physical examination shows pallor of the nail beds and conjunctivae. A peripheral blood smear shows... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 56-year-old man with a significant past medical history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia is brought to the emergency department by his wife. The wife states the symptoms started 1 hour ago when she noticed that he was having difficulty swallowing his breakfast and that his vo... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 66-year-old female presents to the emergency room with left hip pain after a fall. She is unable to move her hip due to pain. On exam, her left leg appears shortened and internally rotated. Hip radiographs reveal a fracture of the left femoral neck. She has a history of a distal radius fracture two year... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 32-year-old woman visits her family physician for a routine health check-up. During the consult, she complains about recent-onset constipation, painful defecation, and occasional pain with micturition for the past few months. Her menstrual cycles have always been regular with moderate pelvic pain during... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 67-year-old woman comes to the physician for chest tightness, shortness of breath, and lightheadedness. She has experienced these symptoms during the past 2 weeks while climbing stairs but feels better when she sits down. She had a cold 2 weeks ago but has otherwise been well. She appears short of breat... | D |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 23-year-old woman presents to the emergency room for a self-inflicted laceration of her distal volar forearm. The patient states that she knew her husband was having sexual thoughts about the woman from the grocery store, prompting her decision to cut her own wrist. In the emergency department the bleed... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An 11-year-old boy’s parents brought him to a psychologist upon referral from the boy’s school teacher. The boy frequently bullies his younger classmates despite having been punished several times for this. His mother also reported that a year prior, she received complaints that the boy shoplifted from lo... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 61-year-old man is found dead in his home after his neighbors became concerned when they did not see him for several days. The man was described as a "recluse" who lived alone and mostly kept to himself. Medical records reveal that he had not seen a physician in over a decade. He had a known history of ... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 48-year-old woman comes to the physician for the evaluation of 24-hour blood pressure monitoring results. Over the last 3 months, she has had intermittent nausea, decreased appetite, and increasing weakness and fatigue during the day. She has been treated twice for kidney stones within the past year. He... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 3-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his mother. His mother reports that she found him playing under the sink yesterday. She was concerned because she keeps some poisons for pest control under the sink but did not believe that he came in contact with the poisons. However, this mornin... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A six-month-old male presents to the pediatrician for a well-child visit. The patient’s mother is concerned about the patient’s vision because he often turns his head to the right. She has begun trying to correct the head turn and places him on his back with his head turned in the opposite direction to sl... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A previously healthy 27-year-old woman comes to the physician because of a 3-week history of fatigue, headache, and dry cough. She does not smoke or use illicit drugs. Her temperature is 37.8°C (100°F). Chest examination shows mild inspiratory crackles in both lung fields. An x-ray of the chest shows diff... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 29-year-old Mediterranean man presents to the clinic for fatigue and lightheadedness for the past week. He reports an inability to exercise as his heart would beat extremely fast. He was recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis and started on treatment 2 weeks ago. He denies fever, weight loss, visio... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> Two hours after delivery, a 1900-g (4-lb 3-oz) female newborn develops respiratory distress. She was born at 32 weeks' gestation. Pregnancy was complicated by pregnancy-induced hypertension. Her temperature is 36.8°C (98.2°F), pulse is 140/min and respirations are 64/min. Examination shows bluish extremit... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> An 18-year-old man presents to the student health department at his university for recurrent palpitations. The patient had previously presented to the emergency department (ED) for sudden onset palpitations five months ago when he first started college. He had a negative cardiac workup in the ED and he wa... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 62-year-old woman is brought to the physician because of 6 months of progressive weakness in her arms and legs. During this time, she has also had difficulty swallowing and holding her head up. Examination shows pooling of oral secretions. Muscle strength and tone are decreased in the upper extremities.... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 46-year-old man diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma is admitted with fever, malaise, and dyspnea. He says that symptoms onset 2 days ago and have progressively worsened. Past medical history is significant for multiple abdominal surgeries including stenting of the pancreatic duct. Current inpatient... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 1-day-old neonate is being evaluated for a rash. The neonate was born at 39 weeks’ gestation to a gravida 3, para 2 immigrant from Guatemala with no prenatal care. Her previous pregnancies were uneventful. She has no history of group B strep screening, and she was given an injection of penicillin prior ... | C |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 19-year-old man comes to the physician for evaluation of night sweats, pruritus, and enlarging masses in his right axilla and supraclavicular area for 2 weeks. Physical examination shows painless, rubbery lymphadenopathy in the right axillary, supraclavicular, and submental regions. An excisional biopsy... | B |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 32-year-old man comes to the office for a routine health maintenance examination. He admits to recently having an affair several months ago and requests STD testing. One week later, the results of a fourth-generation HIV antibody and antigen test return positive. The patient is counseled on the test res... | A |
Answer the following medical question with the correct letter choice: | <<Question:>> A 47-year-old man presents with daily substernal chest pain for the past year. In addition, he says that he often suffers from hoarseness and a cough in the mornings. His wife has also reported that he has developed bad breath. Past medical history is significant for diabetes mellitus, managed with metfor... | C |
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